Record Details

CollectionNational League of the Blind
NGONational League of the Blind and Disabled
RepositoryNational League of the Blind and Disabled
Description

Archives of the National League of the Blind are held at its offices. Cook & Waller (1994) describe the archive as consisting of "minutes of the National Executive Committee since 1920; NEC correspondence, 1969-85; Triennial Conference Reports, 1925-88; financial records since 1921; an extensive series of correspondence files, including those with branches; reports of individual Area Councils (largely post-war); and publications, including the official organ The Advocate, since 1918. Persons wishing to use the papers should apply to the General Secretary."

Access Rights
Coverage1920-
Size of Collection
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Additional information

A collection of Records of the National League of the Blind (ref. MSS.349; dates 1914-1989) is held at Warwick University: Modern Records Centre. The online presentation notes that the collection contains "Annual reports, 1914, 1917-18, 1983; conference reports and agendas, 1964-79, 1991, 1994, (incomplete); correspondence files especially re industrial relations, including Exeter workshops dispute, 1979-83; Ministry of Labour, 1947-68; international blind organisations, 1950-4; National League of the Blind and Disabled Yearbook, 1986. The Advocate, 1982-93. The Blind Advocate, 1971-1981."

A further collection of papers of the National League of the Blind (ref. Acc.4686; dates 1943-1975), is held at National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections -see online catalogue.

Records of the National League of the Blind (Aberdeen Branch) (ref. MS 2675; dates 1923 - 1966) are held at Aberdeen University, Special Libraries and Archives -see Archive Hub online catalogue and Scottish Archive Network online catalogue.

Records relating to the National League of the Blind are among the Labour Party Archives (ref. LP/GS/BLI), held at Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum/University of Central Lancashire) -see online catalogue.

A number of more minor references to the National League of the Blind are listed on AIM 25 and A2A.

Source of InformationNRA; Cook & Waller, Sources in Contemporary British History, vol 1, 1994; Warwick University: Modern Records Centre; A2A; AIM 25; Archives Hub; Scottish Archive Network.
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